October 17
Cross country meet at FCS
October 18
Open House for Prospective Families
October 21
Gathering: Pre-K & K
October 25
Open House for Nursery Directors
October 28
Gathering: 3/4
November 4
Gathering: 1/2 T.Kate
November 11
Gathering:
1/2 T. Narissa
Visit from Leon McKenzie
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SOCIAL MEDIA
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Please join us in our multiple social media platforms. You'll receive photos, updates and fun glimpses of your kid(s)'s daily activities.
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Fall Day of Service
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Students cook for the Life Center Click for more photos |
Students dedicated a few hours of their day to clean up campus and other areas in the community. Fifth and sixth graders cooked for the Life Center.
The Quaker Testimony of Community is central to the education of our students and these days of service are examples of how they are integrated into our school life. |
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What do Beekeeping and Art have in common?
 Answer: 18 students committed to learn about both! The 5/6 class, accompanied by T. Deb and T. Dana took the train into Center City and started their Art is Ageless project. They met with residents of the Senior Center on Broad St.
For nine weeks, they will work together making labyrinths.
 Peter Lane, former Westtown Teacher now at Crosslands, visited the classroom and shared his beekeeping experience. Later in the fall, the students will visit him (and the bees!) |
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Kindergarten and 3/4 play together
Because age does not limit friendships, 3rd and 4th graders and the Kindergarteners went together to the park today. They played and had a blast.
This outing helped them to get to know each other in preparation for the reading buddies project between the two classrooms. They also shared silence in a short Meeting.
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Book Fair
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Dear Families and Teachers,
The Book Fair last week was again a great success thanks to all the help and shopping by parents. It is always such a joy to work with all of you-and seeing the excitement the books bring to our students and families. The Chili and Mac & Cheese dinners were delicious and thank you to those parents who worked so hard to organize and cook those meals. So many of you donated books to the Library! They will be covered soon by our parent volunteers and put in the hands of our students. We generated over $4500.00 in sales and I can now order books with our profit from my wish list to make our collection even stronger.
Thank you all for making the Book Fair such a fun and successful community event!
Tr. Jacqueline
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LOST AND FOUND
Our lost and found bin is OVERFLOWING. Please retrieve your items.
We are sure that you were wondering where that jacket, sweater, container went... |
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ALL SCHOOL HAYRIDE
Due to the rain and soggy conditions, the
LFS SCA All School Hayride
has been rescheduled for
Sunday, October 23, 2016
. We are asking that all families arrive at 6:00 PM as one wagon will leave at 6:15 PM and the other at 6:30 PM (younger children will be on the first wagon) and we will join each other to roast marshmallows. If you are unable to make the new time, the SCA treasurer will refund your money, but please call or email Latesha immediately as we have families that are on the wait list that may be able to attend the new date. Hope to see you all there!
Details:
*Hayride is set to start promptly at 6:15 pm and 6:30 pm. We are asking families to arrive no later than 6 pm, so that we can check you and your family into the event. The orchard staff has told us that they have numerous rides planned for this weekend and will not have any buffer time for families that arrive late. Please, Please, Please, arrive on time. I would be really sad if someone was left behind. FYI: Linvilla will not be returned monies for lateness.
*Please meet us at the entrance for the hayride which is located near the pumpkin patch. I will be wearing my LFS sweatshirt and hope you will too! If you are having a hard time and can't find the group, please call me on my cell phone at 215-908-1946.
* Get ready to have a great time!
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Dear Families,
The deadline is upon us! Our Cherrydale fundraiser will come to an end MONDAY, OCTOBER 17TH.
We hope that you're finding lots of great items. Our goal is to sell $5,000 this year, and to help us get there, we have some great incentives.
- Kids can pick up monster prizes at school as they sell items - just send in their coupons. Selling just three items qualifies you for your first prize! See more info below.
- Bigger prizes (for selling 20 items or more) are packed with our sales, so kids have fun prizes to look forward to.
- And finally, if we meet our $5,000 goal, the whole school gets a PARTAAY hosted by our Cherrydale rep!
Here are some answers to frequently asked questions, and a few reminders:
For out-of-town family and friends, we have an online store!
LFS will receive 40% of online sales! To send emails, visit
cherrydale.com and click "Student/Seller Login". Setting up an account is quick and easy, and Cherrydale Farms will send a customized email on your behalf.
Buyers should give you cash or checks made out to Lansdowne Friends School SCA.
Have you earned monsters yet? Pick them up at school!
Selling only three items, or sending five emails to friends and family, qualifies you for a lanyard and your first monster. Every five items you sell earns another monster! Turn in coupons at the front desk and pick up your monsters today!
Any questions? Need another catalog packet or extra order forms? Contact Nicole Muther at
nicole.muther@gmail.com or (610) 986-9096.
Thank you for supporting LFS!
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Thank You!
Dear families,
The Book Fair and Chili Dinner were, yet again, a great success.
Thank you to all families, teachers and friends for participating. Thank you to the volunteers whose food, time and work made these events possible: Karima Alderman,
Tara Bledsoe
,
Debra Breslin
, Harsha Cooke,
Robert Curry
, Missy Duran, Jocelyn Edmonds,
Jamiliyah Foster
, Anja Hilliard,
Folasshade Laud-Hammond
,
Sherisse Laud-Hammond
,
Kendra McCrae
,
Christopher Miller
,
Kristie Newton
,
Patricia Rhodes
, Orlando Rivera,
Aimee Santeler
,
Bernadetta Sieniatecka
,
Paulette Taylor
, Allison Truman, Day Yohannes. Of course, we are grateful to T. Jacqueline Yates and Heather Hebert from Children's Book World.
Special thanks to the SCA for their hard work in making the chili dinner possible. Not only it was a fantastic and quite tasty community event, but it successfully raised $700 for our library.
We are also grateful for the generous support from:
PS: Kindly let
Clara know if we've mistakenly omitted your name. We want to acknowledge you!
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School Community Association
Book Fair and Chili Dinner:
The Lansdowne Friends School School Community Association (SCA) leadership team was so excited to see so many families participate in our annual
Book Fair and Chili Dinner
! It was a great success! We would especially like to thank Anja Hillard, Harsha Cooke and Day Yohannes for their delicious contributions! We would also like to thank all of the parent volunteers that helped to set up, serve and clean up! We would also like to thank
Whole Foods
in Wynnewood, PA and
Trader Joe's
in Media for their extremely generous donations! We couldn't have done this without you! All proceeds from the dinner will benefit the Lansdowne Friends School Library.
Follow us on Facebook:
Please click on the following link to join our LFS SCA Facebook page to keep informed of upcoming SCA events, see pictures of what your children are doing and to have an open parent forum. You must be a parent/guardian of a current LFS student to join.
Coffee at Gathering:
We are looking for parent volunteers to help serve coffee at gathering throughout the school year.
SCA Meetings:
We had our first SCA meeting last night. Please refer to the following link for minutes from the meeting.
And lastly, but certainly not least, we will be having our next SCA monthly meeting on Thursday, November 10, 2016. Meetings start promptly at 6:15 PM and end at 7:45 PM. Generally, the first half of the meeting is dedicated to SCA business and the second half is reserved for special speakers, educational or volunteer service opportunities. Free Childcare is available at 6:00 PM. Pizza is also available for a suggested donation of $1 per slice. Please email Karin Leak at: lunasea12@me.com by noon on the day of the meeting to indicate the number of slices needed.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Missy Duran, on behalf of the SCA.
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